Counter attachment



' Feb. 18, 1930.

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.-." This invention relates to a counter attachment particularly designed for the pu ose of holding vertical'partitions on and a ove.

. counter or table top wherever necessary and which has extending therefrom a holding cl which is designed to .receive and securely hol a dividing partition in. vertical position. In-

asmuch as the attachments in question mafy be applied to the counter or table top at di ferent positions, it is evident that t e part-itions held thereby may be spaced greater or less distances apart and that the sizes of the compartments may be madesubstantially-any- 2o thing desired. I

The invention for attainin the ends stated will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanyin drawing, in which,

ig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the attachment used to hold both main dividing partitions and shorter cross partitions located at right angles thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section throu h the top and one of the partitions held a ove the same, the attachment for holding the partition being shown in side eleva tion.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the difierent figures of the drawing.

The counter or table top 1 of any conventional construction has vertical border members 2 secured at its opposite side edges and like border members 3 at its opposed end edges whereby the top with said border members attached makes one large compartment. It is the purpose of this invention primarily to produce a'simple and economically constructed device, a plurality of which may be used to hold various main partitions located above the top 1 and also other shorter partitions located between the main partitions at 50 right angles thereto, or between said main partitions and the end border members 3 so as to divide the one large compartment surrounded by the border members into a plurality of smaller compartments of desired size.

The attachment which I have devised for this urpose comprises a flat bar 4 of metal whic at its ends, is formed with downwardly turned prongs or tangs 5. At the middle point of the bar and at its upper side, a s ring clip of U-shape is connected. The ci is made of a single length of metal with a ase 6 and two upwardly extending fingers 7 which normally, when free to do so, converge slightly toward each other at their upper end portions while directly at their upper ends the same are bent outwardly as in cated at 8.

This clip member is secured to the bar 4 by a rivet as indicated at 9, or by any other equivalent permanent fastening means such as electric spot welding or the like.

The attachments described are ap lied to the table top at desired oints b p acing a bar 4 above the top and diiving t e prongs5 into the top. With one of these devices located adjacent each side of the border member 2 and properly positioned so that the clips described are located equal distances from the end border members 3 the clips may receive and hold main vertical cross partitions 10, preferably of glass, which are forced downwardly between the fingers 7. As many of the main partitions 10-may be used as is needed to divide the large com artment above the table tops surrounded by t eborder members into a plurality of parallel narrower compartments which extend the full width of the table.

To divide the narrower compartments between adjacent parallel vertical partitions 10 or between said partitions and the end border members 3, other devices for holding partitions identical with those used to hold the main partitions 10 may belused attaching the same to the top of the table at the sides. of the main partitions 10 or at the inner sides of the end border members 3. These other'attachments will be located at right angles to those used for holding the partitions 10 and shorter dividing partitions 11 inserted in the holding clips in exactly the same manner.

The attachment described while of sim 1e form is very ractical and useful and e ee- 5 tively serves 1: e purposes for which it is designed. The invention is defined in the ap- Eende'd claim and is to be considered compreensive'of all forms of structure coming within its scope. I claim: 7

A device of the class described comprising, a relatively long flat-bar, prongs turned downwardly from the ends of the bar, and I a relatively narrow U-s haped clip permanent- 1yv connected to the bar at its upper side and between its ends, said clip extending upwardly from the bar and being adapted to receive and retain a vertical partition between its spaced apart sides. In testimony whereof I aflix 'my signature.

-ANTHONY VANDERVELD. 

